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Definition of Contamination

1. Noun. The state of being contaminated.

2. Noun. A substance that contaminates.

3. Noun. The act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors.

Definition of Contamination

1. n. The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.

Definition of Contamination

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Contamination

1. The soiling or pollution by inferior material, as by the introduction of organisms into a wound or sewage into a stream. Origin: L. Contaminatio from con =together + tangere = to touch This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Contamination

containment containment containments containment of biohazards containment vessel contains contaminant contaminant contaminants contaminate

contaminate contaminated contaminates contaminating contamination (current term) contamination (current term) contaminations contaminative contaminator contaminators

contango contangos conte conteck contecks contemn contemned contemner contemners contemning

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